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Darwin's Universe: Evolution from A to Z
by Milner, Richard
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0520243765
- ISBN 13
- 9780520243767
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About This Item
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2009. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto, black cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 488 including index and bibliography. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, drawings and reproductions. A successor volume to Milner's previous Encyclopedia but with 100 additional essays and many revisions and updates. This volume is in excellent condition with very fresh cloth and sparkling gilt spine titles; tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked, unblemished and unread in a crisp, sharp, glossy, tight, unclipped dust jacket. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. AS NEW.
Synopsis
"The present book, Darwin's Universe, has evolved from two ancestral forms titled The Encyclopedia of Evolution, published in 1990 and 1993. It has been updated, revised, and enhanced with many new essays and illustrations"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- 09953
- Title
- Darwin's Universe: Evolution from A to Z
- Author
- Milner, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0520243765
- ISBN 13
- 9780520243767
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- DARWIN, EVOLUTION, EVOLUTIONARY, SCIENCE, SCIENTIFIC, HISTORY, HISORICAL, REFERENCE, ENCYCLOPEDIA, DICTIONARY, MILNER, ANIMAL, HUMAN, HUMANITY, CREATURES, TIME, THEORY, ILLUSTRATED, PHOTOGRAPH, PAINTING, ILLUSTRATION, BIBLIOGRAPHY, FOSSILS, BEHAVIOR, WOME
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